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.. 10 Mixes, 10 Days, Part 7!!!! Click Here to Download NEW "Holland Tunnel Drive" mix!
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/23/2007
Band Members: SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM SPECIAL GUEST 7/9/07 grace jones - suffer (island) vivian goldman - launderette (gomma) data - blow (blowout version) (sire) freeez - i.o.u. (ultimate club dub) (city beat) wild sugar - messin around (tsob) esg - earn it (99) mirage - lake of dreams (italians do it better) konk - do what you want (soul jazz) MIC BREAK material - don't lose control (celluloid) felix - tigerstripes (soul jazz) shriekback - suck (arista) arto lindsay - venus lost her shirt (editions eg) arto lindsay - my competition (editions eg) afternoon delights - general hospital (mca) lizzy mercier descloux - jam on the move (ze) daisy chain - no time to stop believing in love (ze) del-byzantines - war (dont fall off the wagon) bush tetras - das ah riot (roir) death comet crew - at the marble bar (tmu) brenda k. starr - suspicion (polydor) tullio de piscopo - e fatto e sorde! (maxessa edit) (strut) dinosaur L - clean on your bean 1 (sleeping bag) b-side - so hot (celluloid) MIC BREAK - b-side - cairo (celluloid) don armando's 2nd avenue rhumba band - deputy of love (ze) captain coolout - rhythm rap rock (wmot)DANCE TO ZE BEAT 6/14/08 Vivian Goldman - Launderette ESG - Erase You Suicide - Dream Baby Dream Long Version Alan Vega - Angel BSide - What I Like Manu Dibango - Electric Africa Kid Creole and the Coconuts - No Fish Today The Del Byzanteens - Sally Go Round the Roses Gepy and Gepy - African Love Song Bush Tetras - Das Ah Riot Don Armondo's Second Avenue Rhumba Band - Deputy of Love Afrika Bambaataa/John Lydon - World Destruction The Fall - The Man Whose Head Exploded Grace Jones - Love is the Drug Tina B - Bodygaurd Dub Brenda K Starr - Suspicion James White and the Blacks - That Old Black Magic Malcolm McLaren - Zulu's on a Time Bomb Freeez - I.O.U. Liquid Liquid - CavernRADIO RHYTHM 6/05/08 Dazz Band - Joystick Angela Bofill - Too Tough Stephanie Mills - The Medicine Song ESG - Bam Bam Jam Carrie Lucas - Dance With You Material - Busting Out Sexual Harrassment - If I Gave You a Party Material - Secret Life Klaus Schulze - Shadows of Ignorance Alan Vega - Saturn Drive John Foxx - The Garden Giorgio Moroder - Chase Kano - Now Baby Now James White and the Blacks - Irresitible Impulse Medium Medium - Hungry, So Angry Au Pairs - It's Obvious Vortex O.S.T. - Black Box Disco Clandestine F/ Ned Sublette - Radio Rhythm (Signal Smart) Snuky Tate - He's The Groove Konk - Baby Dee Live Tuxedomoon - Desire The Del Byzanteens - Lies to Live By2007 - OLDER MIXESView All HereMIX 07: Holland Tunnel Drive 1. Implog - Holland Tunnel Drive 2. New Order - Everything's Gone Green 3. Alan Vega - Ra Ra Baby 4. A Certain Ratio - Tribeca 5. David Byrne and Brian Eno - Help Me Somebody 6. Casino Music - Faites Le Proton 7. Eddie Grant - Walking on Sunshine 8. 69 Boyz - Tootsie Roll 9. Giorgio Moroder - First Hand Experience in Second Hand Love 10. Herbie Hancock - AutodriveMIX 06: Weeping Wall1. Afrika Bambaataa & John Lydon - World Destruction 2. Big Audio Dynamite - Sudden Impact 3. Martin Rev - Temptation 4. Herbie Hancock - TFS 5. Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Fire 6. Captain Sky - Super Sperm 7. Ice T - Killers 8. New Order - The Beach 9. The Clash - One More Dub 10. David Bowie - Weeping WallMIX 05: Papa Legba 1. Talking Heads - Papa Legba 2. Tussle - Moon Tempo 3. Was (Not Was) - Oh, Mr. Friction 4. James White and the Blacks - Almost Black 5. Eric B. and Rakim - Paid in Full 6. Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch - Good Vibrations 7. Gergio Moroder - Lost Angeles 8. Liquid Liquid - Optimo 9. Big Audio Dynamite - Who-Beats 10. David Bowie - The Secret Life of Arabia 11. Kid Creole and the Coconuts - Animal Crackers 12. Herbie Hancock - Metal BeatMIX 04: Button Up 1. Tommy T - Tabanka 2. A Certain Ratio - Guess Who? 3. David Bowie - Let's Dance 4. The Bloods - Button Up 5. Jerry Harrison - Bobby 6. Big Audio Dynamite - C'mon Every Beatbox 7. Atom Smashers - Birth Control 8. Afrika Bambaataa - Death Mix 9. Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead 10. Gang of Four - Outside the Trains Don't Run on TimeMIX 03: Mea Culpa 1. Brian Eno-David Byrne - Mea Culpa 2. David Bowie - Sense of Doubt 3. Gang of Four - To Hell With Poverty 4. Numbers - Intercom (Caro Remix) 5. Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life 6. Mofungo - Hunter Gatherer 7. John Foxx - Pater Monster 8. The Vanishing - This Knife 9. Chris Taylor, David Storrs & Ice-T - Reckless 10. The Stone Roses - Fools GoldMIX 02: Radio Rhythm 1. The Clash - Bankrobber Dub 2. Blondie - The Tide Is High 3. Talking Heads - Take Me To The River 4. Tussle - Eye Contact 5. Hall and Oates - I can't Go For That 6. Kid Creole and the Coconuts - No Fish Today 7. Was (Not Was) - Tell Me That I'm Dreaming 8. James White and the Blacks - Contort Yourself 9. Clandestine Featuring Ned Sublette - Radio Rhythm (Signal Smart)MIX 01: April Skies 1. Kid Creole - Annie I'm Not Your Dady 2. Giorgio Moroder - From Here to Eternity 3. The Clash - Radio Clash 4. Talking Heads - Crosseyed and Painless 5. Big Audio Dynamite - Contact 6. Alan Vega - Saturn Drive 7. Roxy Music - Love is the Drug 8. Ciccone Youth - Addicted to Love 9. Bush Tetras - Can't Be Funky 10. The Style Council - Money Go Round 11. The Jesus and Mary Chain - April Skies 12. Tussle - NightfoodMIX 00: Tell Me That I'm Dreaming1. Steve Miller Band - Macho City 2. LCD Soundsystem - Yr City's A Sucker 3. The Clash - Magnificent Seven 4. Blondie - Rapture 5. Buster Poindexter - Hot Hot Hot Caliente Dub Mix 6. A Certain Ratio - Blown Away 7. ESG - Moody 8. Big Audio Dynamite - The Bottom Line 9. New Order - Mesh 10. Malcolm McLaren - Eiffel Tower 11. Paul McCartney - Dress Me Up As A Robber 12. Don Henley - All She Wants to Do Is Dance 13. Eddie Grant - Electric Avenue 14. Was (Not Was) - Tell Me That I'm Dreaming
Influences: Thick Pigeon - Fred + AndyMedium Medium - Hungry, So AngryA Certain Ratio - Wild PartyAlan Vega - Wipeout BeatThis Heat - We Are All RomansJames Chance - Can't Stand MyselfLiaisons Dangereuses "Los Nin~os Del Parque" (version 1)The Flying Lizards - Money (Live)Herbie Hancock - Rock It LiveMaterial: Secret Life (Temporary Music)Aural Exciters - Emile (Night Rate)Section 25 - "Looking from a Hilltop"SHRIEKBACK - Accretions
Sounds Like:

Steve Herridge, Los Microwaves, Thick Pigeon, Section 25, Maximum Joy, Arthur Russell, James Chance, Malcolm McLaren, Alan Vega, Was (Not Was), A Certain Ratio, Shango, Stone Roses, Jesus and Mary Chain, Talking Heads, Blondie, The Clash, Public Image Limited, The Flirts, ESG, Joy Division, The Cure, Whodini, New Order, Happy Mondays, Lizzy Mercier Descloux, Tuxedomoon, Brenda K Starr, Jalal Nuriddin, Spacemen 3, Mars, Big Audio Dynamite, Liliput, Big Audio Dynamite II, This Heat, Easy Going, Liquid Liquid, The Slits, Tussle, Numbers, Snuky Tate, Liaisons Dangereuses, Timezone, The World Famous Supreme Team, Dazz Band, Bush Tetras, Afrika Bambaata, Gang of Four, Arto Lindsay, Wire, XTC, Clandestine, Tina B, Y Pants, Cabaret Voltaire, K Rob, Quango Quango, Vivian Goldman, Fire Engines, Material, Throbbing Gristle, Giorgio Moroder, Brian Eno, Sonic Youth, Liars, Theoretical Girls, Mantronix, Herbie Hancock, Material, Y Pants, Cluster, Futura 2000, Lou Reed, Eddie Grant, Implog, Toure Kunda, Lounge Lizards, Deerhoof, Glasser, Freeez, Whispers, Gang 90, Steve Miller, D. D. Sound, Ciccone Youth, Phil Manzanera, Ike Yard, Wake, Kano, Crispy Ambulance, David Byrne, Gap Band, Konk, Glen Branca, Teenage Jesus & The Jerks, Lydia Lunch, Kraftwerk, Revanche, Gepy and Gepy, Can, Faust, Primal Scream, Yello Magic Orchestra, Adam and the Ants, Yoko Ono, Newcleus, Devo, As Mercenarias, The Housemartins, DNA, Prince Vince, Trouble Deuce, Manu Dibango, Death Comet Crew, Manicured Noise, BeeSide, Marcel King, Passion Trade, Six Sed Red, Shriekback
Record Label: Draft Riot
Type of Label: None

My Blog

What we doing right now is what we call rappin

A previous post discussed songs with rapping - whether or not such a thing "worked" or came off as a joke. This post is about songs where rapping/rhyming unexpectedly starts, such as:Maximum Joy - Str...
Posted by tristes tropiques on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:45:00 PST

Worst Mohawks

Worst mohawks, discuss:Joe Strummer?Anthony Kedis?K Fed?Also, who never had a mohawk but should have?David Bowie?Lydia Lunch?
Posted by tristes tropiques on Sat, 24 May 2008 01:13:00 PST

SF Weekly Review of "Dance to ZE Beat"

http://www.sfweekly.com/search/events.php?oid=1011295 This Ain't No Mudd Club, or CBGB  But This Is a Party and There Will Most Definitely Be Some Foolin' Around For a...
Posted by tristes tropiques on Wed, 21 May 2008 12:09:00 PST

Anachronistic Songs

Y Pants - Off the HookSir Mix-A-Lot - Beepersanymore?
Posted by tristes tropiques on Wed, 07 May 2008 12:37:00 PST

Survey: What are the best rap videos with hovercraft?

Special Ed - Think About Ithttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixYvr0s0E44
Posted by tristes tropiques on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 06:46:00 PST

People with ponytails

Favorite song of people with ponytails: Guns N' Roses - Don't Cry
Posted by tristes tropiques on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:45:00 PST

Which Side Are You On? LP Side 1 vs. Side 2.

Some records are very good. Some are very bad. Some are half good and half bad. Even more interesting are thoese records that are literally half good and half bad - side 1 rules, side 2 is a bust! Usu...
Posted by tristes tropiques on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:55:00 PST

Elektra Complex

First there was Suicide, but then they broke up. Then there was Alan Vega and, separately Martin Rev. Alan Vega released a few albums on the discoy-funky-electroy ZE records making a synthy type of ro...
Posted by tristes tropiques on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:46:00 PST

Punks jump up to get beat down (for rapping too much)

Quick post: Deborah Harry raps on Rapture (get it? ha!), John Lydon raps on World Destruction (there seems to be a lot of punks rapping about the end of the world), Mick Jones raps on C'mon Every Beat...
Posted by tristes tropiques on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:11:00 PST

Square Dancing + Drum Machines + Sometimes Rapping

Malcolm McLaren did it on "Duck Rock" and Sir Mix-a-Lot did it on "Swass". Why did this happen? Was this a good idea? Do people who actually square dance ever hear these songs (they must!)? Was this b...
Posted by tristes tropiques on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:59:00 PST